Editing Hecatonchires

Name means "The Hundred-handed Ones". They were three sons of [[Gaea]] and [[Uranus (god]].  Each had one hundred hands for wielding clouds and fifty heads for blowing winds. Three of their brothers, the [[Cyclopes]] were masters of thunder and lightning.

Fearing their power, Uranus locked the six of them away in [[Tartarus]]. They were rescued by [[Zeus]] during his war against the Titans and helped him send the elder gods into the abyss, and then were appointed as the wardens of Tartarus.

As deities the Hecatonchires presided over the stormy season of ancient Greece which was heralded by the rising of the Constellation Atlar in November. This heavenly altar was forged by the Cyclopes at the start of the Titan War and the six giants sealed their pact with Zeus upon it. As part of the bargain the brothers were apparently granted free reign over the heavens for one season of the year when they would emerge from Tartarus bringing storms.